Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 80 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 80 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 4:21 AM GMT-3 (07:21 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 70 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-03 07:21:55 UTC
Depth
17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.715° S, 70.702° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 2°, dip 46°, rake 89°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 184°, dip 44°, rake 91°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 179 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.263 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.099 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 5.468 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.698 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.496 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.355 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.189 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 4.684 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4565 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 4.5107 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 4.3115 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 6.370 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 4.478 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 4.283 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 3.982 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 4.874 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.617 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 5.071 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 5.366 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.781 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 6.479 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 4.875 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 4.273 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.686 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 4.881 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away

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